Alesha-class minelayer
The Alesha class minelayers, known in the USSR as Project 317, was a designation for a class of three ships used by the Soviet Navy in the 1960s.[1]
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In commission: | 1967 - ? |
Completed: | Three |
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Type: | Minelayer |
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Length: | 98 metres (322 ft) |
Beam: | 13.5 metres (44 ft) |
Draught: | 5.4 metres (18 ft) |
Propulsion: | 4 diesels, 2 shafts producing 35,000 brake horsepower (26,000 kW) |
Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range: | 4,000 miles (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement: | 190 |
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Design
Ships
The ships were named Pripyat, Sukhona and Vychegda, but were assigned the reporting name Alesha by NATO.[2]
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References
Notes
- Moore, John (1984). Jane's All The World's Fighting Ships. Jane's Publishing. p. 539. ISBN 0710607741.
- "Russian-Ships.Info". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
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